ESQUILAX were a schizoid terror pop group from Birmingham - a duo creating a frenzy of digital noise, splintered ultra-rapid glitch beats, furious guitar thrashing and barked vocals.

Despite playing their last show in summer 2007, the band remain one of the most influential amongst the UK underground - it's difficult to imagine the existence of Gay Against You or Cutting Pink With Knives without recalling Esquilax's mould-breaking legacy.

The inventiveness which comprised the band's live show - think everything from full speed grindcore to long droning pieces, full of distortion and malice - is now coursing through the veins of numerous new projects, including No Heaven Waiting, Doom Patrol and Grave Paintings, to name but a few.

'SPLIT W / TRENCHER'

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UTR002 | 10" | 22 tracks, 9 mins | 3 Oct 2005 | Sold out

Esquilax's debut release proper is a split 10" with their sick soul-mates Trencher. The Esquilax side comprises - gasp! - 15 tracks in just over 9 minutes, recorded during the autumn of 2005.

The songs are a seamless storm of splattertronics that richochet through your psyche at breakneck speed. It's a databurst of urgent polemics forced through the eye of a needle - captivating and utterly unrelenting!

The 10" is a joint release by no less than six labels - Crucificados Pelo Sistema, Super Fi, Midmarch, Mono-treme, Transgressive and our good selves. It features silver 'n' black splatter vinyl, with a matching handscreened sleeve.